Yep, been waiting for the online price to go up. Figured, Monday? The 1st of December? Oh well, I made it under the wire. Thank goodness for payday. $20 is a considerable difference for that price range.

Not too shabby either but there are a few flaws. Well, for $129 it aint gonna be perfect. First off, I expected the action to be high but it isn't. It is right there with my electrics, which I hope won't hinder me in my slide endeavors. The spider was a little crooked so I fixed that. I losened it up a bit too then tightened it down just til it sounded right to me. This brought the action up a little. The saddle is one with a ebony cap none the less. The finish is beautiful and there isn't a mark on it. You have to fight the tuners a little but they are at least sealed die cast so they will do.

The only major fault I can find is that whoever built it gave up on the fret dressing after about the 13th fret so on the 13th fret 3rd string I am missing a note and there is a little buzz in a couple of places above there. Now the neck joins at the 14th fret and I bought this to learn slide with, so I don't expect to be going up there much and the first 12 frets of the neck play clean and smooth with nary a rattle of buzz. I could try dressing out the bottom few frets, nothing to lose there or just ignore it as I plan to be sliding over it anyhow. I do need to get some heavier strings though if I intend to play slide. This will give me a little more resistance as well as better tone.

Congrats TR! As I've said before... I have one and LOVE it! I put more hours a week on it than any of my others. I have 13's on her and do alot of fretting so I like my action lower but it seems to be fine fer slidin as well! I would have paid up to 300 bucks based on how I feel about it now! Nice axe man, have FUN!

O.K. Got the strings. Would have bit on the 13's but they had 12's on sale at the music store for $4 less! I can play it fine with the 12's so next set will be 13's. Fretting isn't the issue with the string guage I found out, it is the bending. I've been playing so long I can fret Golden Gate Bridge cables. I prefer the 9's on my electrics for the bendability. I can play cords on the 12's without issue. I recouped the lost note with the heavier strings, although it buzzes a little on that particular fret. I took the whole thing apart, wood chips rattling from the build you know, and now it is perfect. My son and I had fun disecting it. He is a Physics/Enginering major you know. Now I have to learn some cool delta blues numbers.